Part 119, page 373
DB Cooper-54942Serials 164-2111, KC 164-80, OC 164-56, SE 164-81
Document date 2 February 1976
FBI 164-81, Vault Part 119 p. 373 (DB Cooper-54942), Airtel, dated 2 Feb 1976 — cooper.theunsolved.net/parts/Cooper-Part-119/pages/373
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2/2/76
AIRTEL
TO : SAC, KANSAS CITY (164-80) FROM: SAC, OKLAHOMA CITY (164-56)(P)
NORJAK OO: Seattle BUFILE 164-2111
RE: (FNU) MERRITT (PHONETIC)
Re Seattle letter to Albany 11/30/71.
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On 1/28/76 [redacted] white male, born [redacted] claimed that while he was in [redacted] he had been approached by [redacted] whose name he only recalled as (FNU) MERRITT (phonetic), wherein MERRITT allegedly had a plan to hijack an airplane ransoming 70 - 80 passengers for a substantial amount of money. MERRITT spoke of the possibility of parachuting from the aircraft.
[redacted] said MERRITT is a white male, about 45, 6', 215 pounds, balding hair, smoked cigars and worked in an office [redacted] MERRITT [redacted]
[redacted] had been [redacted] in Tulsa, Oklahoma and [redacted]
[redacted] He said MERRITT had [redacted] arrived and that MERRITT had been [redacted] sometime in 1971, at least a year before [redacted] could not provide information regarding circumstances of MERRITT's [redacted]
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2- Kansas City 2- Seattle (164-81) 2- Oklahoma City JLH/nm (6)
refer to serial 289 [handwritten]
[stamp, partially illegible] 164-81-768(?) SEARCHED ... SERIALIZED ... [illegible] FEB 5 1976 [illegible] SEATTLE
DB COOPER-54942